Garment



M. MAYER GARMENT May 30, 1939.

Filed Dec. 21, 1958 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 lNgENTOR BY 7 %r/Z% ATTORNEY 5 M. MAYER May 30, 1939,

GARMENT Filed Dec. 21, 1938 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR BY 977%,

ATTORNEYS Patented May 30, 1939 UNITED STATES GARMENT Milton Mayer, New York, N. Y., assignor to Vanity Corset 00., New York, N. Y., a corporation of New York Application December 21, 1938, Serial No. 247,028

70laims.

My invention relates to a new and improved garment of the corset type.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide an improved combination of a corset and a bras- '5 siere.

Another object is to provide a garment of this type having a central opening which extends downwardly from the top thereof, together with a supplemental brassiere or vest-portion which extends above the top of the front panel of the garment.

Another object of the inventionis to provide a garment of this type in which the two halves of the brassiere part of the garment have abutting edges, so as to form a butt-joint, instead of the usual overlapping connections.

Another object is to provide a garment of this type which has elastic brassiere members which meet to make said butt-edge, said brassiere members having an improved contour and being stretchable either horizontally alone, or both horizontally and vertically.

Another object of the invention is to provide a garment whose body has non-elastic front and rear panels, elastic side panels, and whose front panel extends up to the top of the diaphragm, and which has supplemental elastic members at its front for producing the final fit of the garment.

Other objects of my invention will be set forth in the following description and drawings which illustrate a preferred embodiment thereof, it being understood, that the above statement of the objects of my invention is intended generally to explain the same without limiting it in any manner.

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of the improved garment with the detachable parts thereof connected to each other. a

Fig. 2 is a partial front elevation of said garment, showing the brassire portions separated from each other.

Fig. 3 is a partial rear elevation of said garment.

Fig. 4 is a partial front elevation showing the brassiere portions separated from each other and showing the front of the garment partially opened.

Fig. 5 is a partial side elevation of the garment.

Fig. 6 is a side elevation of the first fastening members which are provided at the edge of one part of the brassire member.

Fig. 7 is a top elevation of Fig. 6.

Fig. 8 is a side elevation of the cooperating (Cl. H0)

fastening members which are provided at the edge of the right-hand portion of the brassiere member in Fig. 1.

Fig. 9 is a partial top elevation of Fig. 8.

Fig. 10 is a front elevation of Fig. 8.

Fig. 11 is a partial sectional view taken through a horizontal plane.

The garment comprises a main front panel I which may be made of non-elastic material and which is provided at its lower edge with an up- 10 wardly extending insert 2. Said insert 2 may be made of Lastex or other elastic material. It

is stretchable and elastic in the horizontal direction and it has little or no stretch in the vertical direction. The garment has additional auxiliary 15 front panels 3 and 311. These are also preferably made of non-elastic material.

The body of the garment also has elastic side panels 5' and 5a, which can be made of Lastex or other stretchable elastic material. Said panels 5 and 5a are preferably stretchable and elastic in the horizontal direction, with little or no stretch in the vertical direction. The garment also has a rear panel 6 which is preferably made of non-elastic material. This rear panel 6 has an 25 insert I at the top thereof. Said insert 1 is elastic in the horizontal direction, with little or no stretch in the vertical direction.

Shoulder straps 8 of any suitable type may be connected to the upper edge of the garment. The 30 front panel i has an opening which extends downwardly from its top edge. The edge-portions of said front panel i overlap each other when the garment is closed. For this purpose the lefthand edge-portion is provided with hooks 9, and 35 the right-hand edge-portion is provided with eyes Ill. The corresponding edges of the front panel are provided with hookless fasteners ll of the usual type, which can be opened or closed by means of the usual slide l2. The upper part of 40 the garment can be made partially of lace or other ornamental fabric which can be suitably reinforced.

The front of the upper part of the garment is provided with pockets I4 and Ila, made of lace 45 material or the like, which can be reinforced by means of cloth inserts. One of these-cloth inserts i5 is shown in Fig. 2.

Brassiere members l6 and Ilia are connected to the main front panel, along the lines i1 and 50 Ila. The lower edges of said brassiere members i6 and Mia are inclined upwardly, as shown in Fig. 1. Said brassiere members It and lBa are made of Lastex or other elastic material. Said elastic material is stretchable in the hori- 55 mental direction, with little or no stretch in the vertical direction. Bald brassilre members ll and Ila have upper edge-portions of concave shape. as shown in Fig. 1, and said concave edgeportions are sewed or otherwiseconnected to the corresponding edge-portions of the pockets I4 and Ila. At their free longitudinal edges. said brasa'iere members Il and Ila are reinforced so as to provide a construction of little or no resilienee in order to receive the fastening members shown in I'lgs, 6-9. These fastening members connect the adjacent edges of the brassiere members Il and Ila so as to form a butt-joint. The left-hand fastening members Il have heads Il which are provided with shoulders ll. The righthand fastening members have separated jaws II and 22 of resilient construction, so as to form resilient pockets for detachably holding the members Il. These fastening members are of wellknown construction per se so that a further detailed description thereof is unnecessary. They are mounted In pockets which are provided at the free edges of the brassiere members Il and Ila.

In order to close the garment, the edge-portions of the central main front panel I are connected by the hooks and eyes 9 and I and by the hookless fasteners II. The edges of the elastic brassiere members I8 and Ila are then connected to each other by the aforesaid fastening members. so as to exert a horizontal lateral tension at the adjacent concave edge-portions of the pockets I4 and Ila inwardly of the lines I1 and "a, and also below the top of the front panel of the garment. The garment is fitted and designed so that the elastic members Il and Ila will be under tension, when the edges of said members Il and Ila are connected to each other. This device provides proper support for the bust of the user and also shapes the same.

The lower edges of the pockets Il and Ila are respectively defined by the arcuate lines ll and 2l'a.

The improved construction can be applied to a garment of the type which is known in the trade as a 'eorselette or to a garment of the girdle type, etc. under the designation of a garment of the corset ne- In a ready-made garment of this type, which has non-elastic front and rear panels, and which does not have the elastic members Il and Ila, it is impossible to secure a perfect fit in many cases, because such garments are cut to fit the average figure. The main closure is secured by the hooks and eyes if elastic members Il and Ila are not used. The hookless fasteners merely close the front of the garment, but they do not take up the strain which is necessary to shape the figure. Garments of this type are more or less loose and the diaphragm bulges outwardly, By thing the supplemental elastic bands Il and Ila, whose fixed edges are located inwardly of the edges of the non-elastic front part of the body of the garment, the final fit is secured by the horisontal tension of said bands Il and Ila. These bands draw in the diaphragm, and produce the desired fiat-front figure. The free edges of said elastic bands I6 and Ila are reinforced by tapes,

as indicated by the broken lines T in Fig. 1, so

that the free-edge portions of members I8 and Ila have little or no elasticity. The top of the central panel I extends to, but not above, the top of the diaphragm. The elastic portions of members Il and Ila which'are located below the top of the diaphragm, are therefore wider than the Such garments are generally included elastic portions which are located above the top of the diaphragm. The height of said members Il and Ila is sufllcient to cause them to overlie the entire diaphragm and to press the entire 41- aphragm inwardly. The hooks and eyes and the hookless fasteners therefore extend below the waistline, into the hip-portion of the garment. A garment of this type, which is cut to fit the averagefigure is therefore finally adjustable, due to the elastic members Il and Ila, to conform to figures which vary substantially from the average figure. The maIn strain or all of the strain at the diaphragm, is taken up by the fastening members at the butt-edge of members I8 and a. 1 The invention is not limited to a garment which includes a brassiere portion, since the garment maybe of the girdle type. Insuch case the front portion of the garment may extend up to the top of the diaphragm but not above the same, and members Il and Ila do not extend above the top of thefront portion, or above the diaphragm.

If the garment includes a brassiere portion, said horizontally elastic members extend above the diaphragm, but the elastic portions of said members Il and Ila are very narrow above the top of the diaphragm. Said members I6 and Ila may be reinforced so as to be substantially non-elastic above the top of the diaphragm. For convenience, the elastic side panels may be considered as a horizontally elastic portion of the body, so that the body, as a whole, is horizontally elastic.

I claim:

1. A garment of the corset type having a body which is provided with separated breast-receiving pockets at the upper end of said body, said body having a non-elastic front portion which has a vertical opening which extends downwardly from the upper end of said panel, said body also having elastic side panels, the bottom end of said opening being spaced from the bottom edge of the garment, said pockets being located above said front panel, said opening being located substantially centrally in said front portion, the edge walls of said opening having coacting fastening means, brassiere members located partially above and partially below the top end of said opening, said brassiere members being connected respectively to the non-elastic front portion along upstanding lines which are spaced laterally from said opening, said upstanding lines being spaced laterally inwardly from the elastic side panels, concave parts of the respective edges of said brassire members being connected to convex parts of the edges of said pockets above the top of said panel, the separable adjacent edges of said brassire members substantially overlying the edge-walls of the opening of the front panel when said adjacent edges are connected to each other, said adjacent edges having fastening means adapted to connect said edges separably so as to make a butt-joint, said brassire members being made of elastic material.

' 2. A garment according to claim 1 in which said brassire members are elastic substantially only in the horizontal direction.

3. A garment of the corset type having a body which is provided with separated breast-receiving pockets at the upper end of said body, said body having a non-elastic front portion which has a vertical opening which extends downwardly from the upper end of said panel, said body also having elastic side panels the bottom end of said opening being spaced from the bottom edge of the garment,'said pockets being located above said front panel, said opening being located substantially centrally in said front opening, the edge walls of said opening having coacting fastening means, brassiere members located partially above and partially below the top end of said opening, said brassiere members being connected respectively to the front panel along upstanding lines which are spaced laterally from said opening, said upstanding lines being spaced laterally inwardly from the elastic side panels, concave parts of the respective edges of said brassiere members being connected to convex parts of the edges of said pockets above the top of said panel, the separable adjacent edges of said brassiere members substantially overlying the edge-walls of the opening of the front panel when said edges are connected to each other, said edges having fastening means adapted to connect said edges separably so as to make a butt-Joint, said brassiere members being made of elastic material, said brassire members being of greater width below said pocketsthan between said pockets.

4. A garment of the corset type having a body which is located above the waistline, said body having a substantially non-elastic front portion and having another and horizontally elastic bodyportion so that the body as a whole is horizontally elastic, the central part of said front portion being dimensioned so that its top extends substantially to the top of the diaphragm of the figure, said front portion having a substantially central vertical opening extending downwardly from its top edge, the meeting edges of said front portion at said opening having first cooperating detachable fastening means, horizontally elasticv bands located partially below the top of said front portion, the outer side edges of said elastic bands being connected to said non-elastic front .portion along upstanding lines which are located between the edge walls of said opening and the upstanding left and right edges of said front portion, the inner edges of said elastic bands having second cooperating fastening detachable means, said elastic bands being dimensioned so that they are under horizontal tension when their inner edges are connected, said elastic bands overlying substantially the entire diaphragm.

5. A garment according to claim 4 in which the second fastening means are adapted to connect the edges of said elastic bands to form a buttjoint.

6. A garment of the corset type having a body which has a hip-portion and a body-portion which is located above the waistline, said body having a front portion which is substantially non-elastic above the waistline, said body having another and horizontally elastic portion located above the waistline, the central part of said wardly from its top edge into the hip-portion, the 1 meeting edges of said front portion at said open- .ing having first cooperating detachable fastening means which extend below the waistline, horizontally elastic bands located wholly above the waistline and dimensioned to overlie substantially the entire diaphragm of the figure, the outer side edges of said elastic bands being connected to said front portion between said meeting edges and the upstanding left and right edges of the front portion, the inner edges of said elastic bands having second cooperating detachable fastening means, said bands being dimensioned to be under horizontal tension when their inner edges are connected.

7. A garment according to claim 6 in which the second cooperating detachable fastenin means are located and adapted to connect the MILTON MAYER. 

